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I've used linux sporadically throughout my life and only started using it daily in the last couple months. I've used ubuntu in the past but I can understand the reason to move away from commercial distributions. Since my knowledge of Linux is quite shallow, I have a ton of questions and a need to understand everything.

What is Debian and what makes it an appropriate choice for Linux Mint to switch over to this base?

Also, what values does the development of Debian have compared to Ubuntu?

I get the feeling that moving away from Ubuntu is a step in the direction of a more open source space away from corporate forced standards, is that accurate? If so, what development direction could this take for a project like Linux Mint?

I have this happen with my Beehaw account. Works fine with my lemmy.ca account. Probably just have to wait on the next Jerboa release for a bug fix.

I moved not too long ago and I never realized how much I miss squirrel watching from my bedroom window.

There's a certain joy in watching fluffy tailed critters acting like they had 3 too many coffees as they climbed the fences and trees. There was a plum tree in the backyard right outside my window and they didn't let those go to waste.

I see more rabbits and chipmunks these days but they just don't have the same frantic energy as squirrels do.

I originally posted the following comment as a reply to another comment that has now been removed. I'm reposting it as I think it still has value to the current conversation under this post.

This type of "party game" is still at it's core objectifying women. They may be generated images but the whole project is aimed at passing judgement on women you would rate as fuckable or not. It's encouraging behaviour that makes women feel uncomfortable or unsafe.

This type of objectifying isn't exclusive to this project. Groups of men will rate and objectify women casually and frequently. I've worked in the trades and have been surrounded by such talk from men. The more normalized this type of behaviour is, the easier it is to consider women as less than human. Feeling like a replaceable tool with no sense of self or sense of worth is dehumanizing.

They could have chosen to base this project on just about anything else in our world. We have animals, nature, technology and so much more to try this kind of thing out on. Yet, what seems like another "tech bro" idea was focused on hyper sexualizing and objectifying women as if they were just another thing for men's entertainment.

Simply, it's gross behaviour. Just because they are generated images does not make it any less gross or acceptable. People are not objects for another person's amusement and we should not encourage such behaviour.``

This type of "party game" is still at it's core objectifying women. They may be generated images but the whole project is aimed at passing judgement on women you would rate as fuckable or not. It's encouraging behaviour that makes women feel uncomfortable or unsafe.

This type of objectifying isn't exclusive to this project. Groups of men will rate and objectify women casually and frequently. I've worked in the trades and have been surrounded by such talk from men. The more normalized this type of behaviour is, the easier it is to consider women as less than human. Feeling like a replaceable tool with no sense of self or sense of worth is dehumanizing.

They could have chosen to base this project on just about anything else in our world. We have animals, nature, technology and so much more to try this kind of thing out on. Yet, what seems like another "tech bro" idea was focused on hyper sexualizing and objectifying women as if they were just another thing for men's entertainment.

Simply, it's gross behaviour. Just because they are generated images does not make it any less gross or acceptable. People are not objects for another person's amusement and we should not encourage such behaviour.

I joked with my last girlfriend that she would have had more success flirting with a wall. She tried to sit on my lap at one point and I still never got the hint.

Flirting is such an ambiguous game where you talk and act around being interested while never explicitly saying you're interested. It's similar to how people talk to each other using colourful phrases without meaning to say something. For example, "state of the art" is such an empty phrase to express modernity. Modern art, modern technology, modern science, modern standard of living could all be "state of the art." Flirting, like modern language, is so ambiguous that it's a confusing mess for me to navigate.

She did eventually learn to be more direct with me but still got annoyed because I didn't flirt with her. While it didn't work out with her, it helped me understand that I'd rather be with myself than to try and play a game that was designed around ambiguity. If someone is interested in me and is direct about it, I will be far more receptive to see where things go. Being direct is a great sign of compatability for me. Honesty about one's self is also a a great indicator of a good person too.

I realized a long time ago that I a higher standard for who I want to be with so I never really pursued a relationship even though I'd like to be in one. The hardest part about that choice is dealing with the judgement and shaming that comes from others for not being in a relationship.

I have no idea. I only use instagram to view tattoo artist portfolios and local techno party announcements. I just need to see the latest posts without signing up so I'm indifferent to it being open or close sourced for my needs.

I use iganony.io

It has a habit or showing a couple old posts before showing the most recent posts but it works well enough for me

A couple weeks before the Reddit API changes were due, I made a post to a collapse support subreddit. I rarely make posts and preferred to lurk but I had some thoughts that I needed to get out.

In that post expressed my frustration with masculinity. I had been working in the trades recently which is very male dominated. I saw and experienced how much hate and disregard this type of masculinity has for anyone not viewed as masculine. The toxicity in these men grew so much after COVID's arrival that even the quiet or rational acting tradesmen that I had been working with for years started spewing hate.

I also provided some examples from my life where men would abuse any situation they could to take advantage of women. I also made a connection between the everyday micro-aggression towards women and the leaders of countries and corporations. It's an attitude that is so intertwined at every level of the hierarchy created by men. Those on the bottom of the hierarchy will still embrace a heirarchy because women and unmasculine men can still be below them. It's the same as a world or business leader placing other people or countries below them to justify their actions. The only difference is the scale at which their hate is spread and acted upon.

I recieved a lot of comments. Some from women who acknowledge or already understood the connection I made. Some women who were happy to just be acknowledged. Some men who experienced or witnessed the same hateful attitude of men in their respective fields of work. But also a lot of hate from other men. They viewed my post as hate speech. They attacked my post and threatened the female subreddit moderator through DM's. I broke no reddit or subreddit rules or community guidelines, just a few ego's made of thin glass.

The post was eventually removed after 24 hours. The moderator and I had a very civil back and forth through DM's and it was clear to see the hate and threats my post generated was affecting her mental wellbeing. Unfortunate but understandable.

While watching this video, that whole experience was replaying in my head. These men acting out so angrily for being called out on their bad behaviour. Inflicting more anger and pain on to others that has deep consequences. Consequences that affect everyone, including themselves.

I say all this to say that it's not a hard leap of understanding for me to see modern masculinity striking back at the environment when their power and dominance comes into question. It's been an observation sitting in my mind for some time now and it's nice to see it explained so neatly.

I do understand that all this hate and aggression comes from traumas that were in action long before these people were born. I can't blame them for being born into an already broken system. I do hate the fact that they actively refuse to do any self-reflection to better themselves and the people around them and instead inflict more suffering through hate. Because to them, it appears that mother earth, the complex being that gave us life, is yet another woman for them to exploit.

I recently recieved a bit of offhand news that has made me a lot more relaxed about an important meeting I have at the end of September.

I was speaking with a person I used to work with about a trip he and his fiancé took recently when he caually mentioned out of nowhere that the HR manager at work retired at the end of July. That random little fact sent my mind into a whirlwind for a couple days.

Just over a year ago I had been terminated from my job as an apprentice at a place that builds automation assembly lines. That termination came after I had brought up concerns and frustrations with how the company had begun treating people after covid arrived. I also brought up concerns about workplace culture and how toxic it had become.

I had been terminated approximately 10 months after the monthly employee meeting where I first confronted the GM (General Manager) about how apprentices were being treated poorly and not learning the proper skills. This is important because once people start retiring, there is going to be a huge skill and knowledge gap.

After that monthly meeting, I had a meeting with the fairness committee followed by a meeting with the HR manager with the fairness committee member on "my side." That second meeting was basically me getting belittled and blamed for 3.5 hours.

Unhappy with the results and dealing with my declining mental health, I reached out to the corporate HR manager about the abusive management at my company and this manager made a huge effort to help me. She taught me all my rights as an employee, encouraged me to get help through the corporate employee hotline and when that failed, set up a meeting with me and her boss while beginning an investigation into the abusive environment at my company. Unfortunately before that meeting, my company terminated my employment.

I retained a lawyer and after about a year of some back and forth (things got delayed significantly because my lawyer got covid) I finally submitted my wrongful termination case against my company to the labour board. Up until this point I felt so uncertain and stressed about everything and was really doubting my decisions.

About a month after my submission to the labour board, my company replied back with 16 pages trying to have my case thrown out and attacking my character. They also responded through an outside law firm and not the corporate in-house lawyers. About 1.5 months after my submission, the HR manager retires. I found out she was scheduled to retire in 2024.

Suddenly my mediation meeting with the labour board and my company doesn't seem so intimidating. Corporate refused to legally support my company and the HR manager retires early and is now back home in Central America. A key figure in all of this who conveniently will not be able to attend the labour board meeting.

I have no idea if those two things are related to my case and I may never truly know but it sure is convinient for me. I did leave that company in good standing with corporate so I'm left to believe that corporate has been taking serious action with my company. Action that may have also included updating workflow, security and logistics (costing the GM and management huge money), and cracking down on workplace safety issues (costing the GM and management even more money).

After covid arrived, my dislike of corporations only grew but I think it's pretty humorous to watch corporate turn it's back on my company. It's beautiful in it's own bureaucratic-hellscape kind of way.

My goal at the labour board meeting is going to get my job back and hopefully getting a public apology at the monthly employee meeting while sending a problematic manager to a training course regarding abusive behaviour. After being forced to confront my own mortality through their abusive and negligent behaviour, money means nothing to me. No amount will bring back the dignity this place took from me and the others who work there. I'm hoping my actions are able to throw some power back into the hands of the employees and other workers there as well as bring more awareness to mental health issues.

And to think, I probably wouldn't have gone down this path if it weren't for the head fairness committee member telling me that I should just suck it up. That I should just wait for all these problematic people to retire. He told me I couldn't change anything. His attempt to de-escalate the situation by demotivating me may have backfired slightly.

I have no idea, it's a bush in my mom's garden that's about 6ft/1.8m high and creates so many new flowers every day. Instead of a name I'll distract you with two bee buts in a flower

I've been using iganony.io and it does the job for me. For some reason it always shows a couple old posts before the latest posts. Picuki.com stopped working for me at some point and I assume it was a Firefox extension that was causing issues. I was too lazy to do any troubleshooting to fix it.

I only ever use it to see my tattoo artist's work and grab the progress videos of my sleeve she is currently working on. My experience with Instagram and viewers are super limited so I can't really say if iganony.io is good or not.